The McGirr ministry (1947) or First McGirr ministry was the 52nd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 28th Premier, Jim McGirr, of the Labor Party. The ministry was the first of three occasions when the Government was led by McGirr, as Premier.
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier McGirr on 6 February 1947 and covers until 19 May 1947 when the 1947 state election was held. There were minimal changes from the second McKell ministry, with Clive Evatt replacing McGirr as Minister for Housing and Frank Finnan replacing Evatt.
mcgirr, ministry, 1947, first, mcgirr, ministry, 52nd, ministry, south, wales, government, 28th, premier, mcgirr, labor, party, ministry, first, three, occasions, when, government, mcgirr, premier, mcgirr, ministry52nd, cabinet, state, south, walespremier, mcg. The McGirr ministry 1947 or First McGirr ministry was the 52nd ministry of the New South Wales Government and was led by the 28th Premier Jim McGirr of the Labor Party The ministry was the first of three occasions when the Government was led by McGirr as Premier McGirr ministry52nd Cabinet of the State of New South WalesPremier Jim McGirrDate formed6 February 1947 6 February 1947 Date dissolved19 May 1947 19 May 1947 People and organisationsMonarchGeorge VIGovernorSir John NorthcottPremierJim McGirrDeputy PremierJack BaddeleyNo of ministers15Member partyLaborStatus in legislatureMajority governmentOpposition partyUAP Country coalitionOpposition leaderVernon TreattHistoryElection s 1944 New South Wales electionPredecessorSecond McKell ministrySuccessorSecond McGirr ministry McGirr was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1922 and served continuously until 1952 holding the various seats of Cootamundra Cumberland Bankstown and Liverpool McGirr was a staunch supporter of Jack Lang and served in the third Lang ministry he was the only Langite to be appointed to William McKell s first ministry retaining his portfolio in the second McKell ministry When McKell stood aside as Premier in 1947 in order to take up an appointment as Governor General of Australia there was a bitter struggle for the Labor Leadership between McGirr and Bob Heffron with McGirr eventually winning by just two votes 1 This ministry covers just 102 days from 6 February 1947 until the 1947 state election held on 19 May 2 3 when McGirr led Labor to victory and the Second McGirr ministry was sworn in Composition of ministry editThe composition of the ministry was announced by Premier McGirr on 6 February 1947 and covers until 19 May 1947 when the 1947 state election was held There were minimal changes from the second McKell ministry with Clive Evatt replacing McGirr as Minister for Housing and Frank Finnan replacing Evatt Portfolio Minister Party Term commence Term end Term of office PremierTreasurer Jim McGirr Labor 6 February 1947 19 May 1947 102 days Minister for Agriculture 13 February 1947 7 days Eddie Graham 13 February 1947 19 May 1947 95 days Chief SecretarySecretary for Mines Jack Baddeley a 6 February 1947 102 days Deputy PremierMinister for National Emergency Services 25 February 1947 83 days Minister for Housing Clive Evatt 6 February 1947 102 days Minister for Education Bob Heffron a Attorney General Clarrie Martin KC a Secretary for Lands Bill Dunn a Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services Hamilton Knight a Minister of JusticeVice President of the Executive CouncilRepresentative of the Government in the Legislative Council Reg Downing MLC a Secretary for Public WorksMinister for Local Government Joseph Cahill a Minister for Health Gus Kelly a Minister for Transport Maurice O Sullivan a Minister for Conservation George Weir a Minister in Charge of Tourist Activities and Immigration Frank Finnan Assistant Minister William Dickson MLC a Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted a b c d e f g h i j k Retained portfolios of from Second McKell ministry See also edit nbsp New South Wales portal nbsp Politics portal McGirr ministriesSecondThird Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly1944 1947 Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council1946 1949References edit Clune David McGirr James Jim 1890 1957 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography Australian National University ISSN 1833 7538 Retrieved 23 March 2021 Part 6 Ministries since 1856 PDF NSW Parliamentary Record Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 12 April 2020 Former members of the New South Wales Parliament 1856 2006 New South Wales Parliament Retrieved 4 December 2019 New South Wales government ministries Preceded byMcKell ministry 1944 1947 McGirr ministry 1947 1947 Succeeded byMcGirr ministry 1947 1950 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title McGirr ministry 1947 amp oldid 1165531893, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
